Display carton



g- 1950 R; J. HENNESSEY 2,518,779

DISPLAY CARTON Filed Jan. 26, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 15, 1950 R. J. HENNESSEY 2,518,779

DISPLAY CARTON Filed Jan. 26, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 I 1/ I 1 1/ III/I Ill/[l1 g 1950 R. J. HENNESSEY 2,518,779

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Patented Aug. 15, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,518,711 msruir CARTON Russell J. Hennesscy, St. Paul, Minn, assignor to Waldorf Paper Products Company, St. Paul, Minn., a corporation of to Application January 2c, 1940, Serial No. 643,656

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to an improvement in display carton wherein it is desired to provide a carton which will support rolls of tape or other material in display position.

In selling rolls of tape or similar articles, it isdesirable that the tape be supported so that it may be easily seen and so that it may be easily removed from the display carton. At the same time, it is desirable that the carton provide an enclosure for the tape during the shipping operation.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a carton which will support a series of rolls of tape or similar material in a series of stepped rows so that each roll of tape is readily visible when the carton is in open or display position. As the rows are arranged in stepped relation, the tape may be viewed from various angles and each roll of tape may be seen equally as well as the remaining rolls.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a carton having inwardly folded side walls which form a recess for slidably supporting a display card at the rear of the carto'n. This display card, when in elevated position, may be folded down to overlie the rolls of tape. When the card is folded into vertical position and pressed downwardly, the card is held in vertical position at the rear of the carton to form an attractive display.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a series of spaced stepped trays which are formed from a single strip of carton stoclg bent into successive trays or corrugations.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a carton which includes front and rear walls which are connected by interlocking tabs. The side walls fold to enclose these tabs in set up condition of the box.

A further feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a tray support which acts as a divider to space the rolls into sections to facilitate removing the rolls.

These and other objects and novel features of my invention will be more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings forming a part of my specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my carton in set up form.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the carton with the tray forming sheet folded outwardly therefrom.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view from front to back of the carton in closed condition thereof.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view through the 2 carton, the position of the section being indicated by the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view through a side wall of the carton, the position of the section being indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view of the blank of the carton body.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the blank forming the tray supporting portion of the body.

Figure 8 is a plan view of the blank forming the display card of the carton.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the carton in partially folded form showing the method employed in setting up the carton.

Figure 10 is a perspective view of a later step in the method of setting up the carton.

The carton A is formed of three separate parts, illustrated in Figures 6, '7, and 8 of the drawings. As the construction of the carton may be readily understood from an examination of the carton blanks, these blanks will first be described.

The carton body blank is best illustrated in Figure 6 of the drawings, and is designated generally by the letter B. The body B includes a bottom panel In, a rear wall panel H, and a front wall panel l2. The rear wall II and the front wall I! are foidably connected to opposite sides of the bottom Ill along substantially parallel fold lines l3 and II, respectively. Side wall panels i5 and it are foidably connected to the remaining sides of the rectangular bottom l0 along substantially parallel fold lines l1 and 19, respectively.

The rear wall H is substantially higher than the front wall I 2, and the side walls l5 and I8 taper along their upper edges to connect the front and rear walls. The panel I! is connected along a fold line in to a similar panel 2!. The side wall panel I8 is connected along a fold line 22 to a panel 23 substantially similar in shape and size to the panel it. Therefore when the panels 2| and 23 are folded to lie inwardly of the panels I! and i6, respectively, they substantially cover the panels to which they are connected.

The rear wall panel II is provided with apair of cars 24 and 25 connected along the side edges thereof by fold lines 26 and 21. Tabs 29 and 30 are foidably connected to the side edges of the front wall panel l2 along substantially parallel fold lines 3| and 32. The tab 24 is provided .with a hook slot 33 which is inter-engageable with a hook slot I on the tab 29. The tab 25 is provided with a hook slot 25 which interlocks with a hook slot 26 on the tab 30. Thus the tabs 24 and 26 may be interlocked together and the tabs 25 and 30 may be interlocked together to hold the front and rear walls II and I2 in vertical position.

Foldably connected to the front wall panel I2 I provide a tray forming strip SI which may be folded to provide a series of transversely extending troughs or trays. The strip 61 is connected to the front wall l2 along the fold line 26. Spaced fold lines 40, 4|, and 42 separate the strip 31 into three trough forming sections 43, 44, and 45, and an anchoring flange portion 46. A pair of slots 41 and 49 are provided in the strip section 43. Similar slots 50 and are provided in the strip section 44. Slots 52 and 53 are provided in the tray section 45. The slots 41, 56, and 62 are aligned and the slots 46, 5|,

and 62 are aligned.

The tray supporting member is constructed from the blank C, best illustrated in Figure 'I of the drawings. The blank C includes a central section 64 which is connected by substantially parallel fold lines 55 and 56 extending at right angles to the lower edge 51 of the blank to inclined tray supporting sections 58 and 60. At the ends of the sections 56 and 60, a pair of flanges 6| and 62 are connected along substantially parallel fold lines 63 and 64. A notch 65 is provided in the section 59 adjacent the fold line 65, and a similar notch 66 is provided in the sect on 60 near the fold line 64. Spaced substantially parallel downwardly and rearwardly inclined notches 61 are provided in the inclined upper edges 69 and 16 of the sections 56 and 60 I5 thereupon connected thereto by substantially parallel fold lines I6 and 11. The upper edges of the flanges I4 and I5 are inclined as best indicated at I9 and 80, respectively. The panel II is preferably printed with an advertisement or descrip ion of the goods displayed.

In setting up the carton A, the successive operations are indicated in Figures 9, 10, 2, and 1, in that order. The blank B is folded from the position shown in Figure 6 of the drawings to the position shown in Figure 9. The rear panel II is folded upwardly at right angles to the base panel and the tabs 24 and folded forwardly along the fold lines l1 and IS. The front panel I2 is folded upwardly from the base and the tabs 28 and folded rearwardly and interlocked with the tabs 24 and 25. In Figure 9 of the drawings, one of these tabs is shown in interlocked position. while the other tab is shown in the process of being interlocked.

When the tabs 24 and 29 and the tabs 25 and 30 have been locked together, the front and rear walls are held at right angles to the base panel III. The display panel D is then inserted in the carton in the position shown in Figure 10 of the drawings. The anchoring flanges I4 and I5 are folded along the fold linw I6 and II, respectively, and the display panel is positioned to lie inwardly of the rear panel I I with the flan es I4 and I5 lying inwardly of the tabs 25 and 24, respectively. The side walls I5 and I6 are then folded up from the base panel In to lie outwardly of the folded down along the fold lines 20, 22, so as to lie inwardly of the interlocked tabs. Thus a folded upper edge is presented upon the top of the carton side walls and the side walls are lined with the panels 2| and 23, thus concealing the interlocked tab structure. Incidentally, this arrangement permits a carton stock having but one finished surface to be used in the formation of the carton as the side walls are concealed by the panels 2| and 22 and the inner surface of the rear wall is covered by the display panel D.

After the panels 2| and 23 have been folded to line the side walls of the carton the tray support C is inserted into the carton. This tray support is formed into proper shape by bending the sections 59 and 60 forwardly from the central panel 54 and bending the end flanges 6| and 62 outwardly in substantially coplanar relation along the fold lines 63 and 64. When thus bent the tray support C is inserted into the carton as best illustrated in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawings. When in place the panel 54 lies inwardly of the display panel D and the end flanges 6| extend inwardly of the front wall panel I2. The tray support is held in substantially proper position by the flanges 6| and 62.

The carton A is then in the position illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings. to complete the carton the tray strip is folded along the fold lines 40, 4|, and 42, and the tray sections 43, 44, and 45, bowed downwardly between the spaced fold lines. The section 43 of the tray strip 31 is bowed downwardly into the carton, the portion of the strip on both sides of the fold line entering the lowermost slot 61 and the upper portion of the tray supporting strip extending through the slots 41 and 49. The tray section 44 is similarly bowed downwardly and the stock on both sides of the fold line 4| is positioned in the intermediate slot 61. All of the portion of the strip 31 between the slots 41 and is enclosed in the lowermost slot 61 in the tray support, while the uncut stock between the slots 56 and 52 extends in the intermediate slot 61. The uncut stock between the end of the slot 52 and the fold line 42 is positioned in the uppermost slot 61, the flange 46 folding over the upper edge of the center panel 54.

When the display panel D is in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings the fold line I2 is below the top of the rear panel I I, and the stock is held from folding along this fold line, as it is interposed between the tray support C and the rear panel II. When it is desired to close the carton the panel in is pulled upwardly until the tapered upper edges I9 and 66 of the flanges I4 and I5 engage the folds connecting the outer side wall panels i5 and I6 and the lining panels 2| and 23. When in this position, the panel Il may be folded down to overlie the carton and the contents therein, as best ininterlocked tabs. The panels 2| and 23 are next panel, a vertical support panel having an up- In order,

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